'Basiduh and its Approaches'

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Chart 35.

Hydrographic chart covering the port of Basiduh [Basaidu] on Qeshm Island, Persia [Iran]. Also depicts the western part of Clarence [Khuran] Strait, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and a fifty-mile length of the Persian mainland coast. Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. and contours, sands, mud, rocks and anchorages, relief by spot heights, hachures and rock drawings, vegetation, cultivation, settlements, public buildings and place names, and includes topographical notes and navigational aids, including beacons and prominent buildings. The sheet also includes an inset A small map or other image enclosed within the margin of a larger map, map sheet, or larger image; or papers placed inside a book or archival volume. of Basiduh Anchorage at scale 1:60,500 and an annotated sketch view, at an unspecified scale, of the approach to Basiduh from the south-east.

The margins have been trimmed, with some information lost.

Chart surveyed by Commander Charles Golding. Constable, Indian Navy, and assisted by Lieutenant Arthur William Stiffe, Indian Navy, 1858-60. Soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. in 'hair line' from a survey by Commander George Barnes Brucks and Lieutenant Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Indian Navy, 1828. Engraved by Edward Stanford. Published at the Admiralty 1867, with corrections 1868 and 1869.

Extent and format

1 map sheet

Area map covers

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Scale

Scale 1:121,000

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 26° 48' 15.12" N, 54° 47' 60" E
Top-right: 26° 48' 15.12" N, 55° 33' 45" E
Bottom-left: 26° 28' 45.12" N, 54° 47' 60" E
Bottom-right: 26° 28' 45.12" N, 55° 33' 45" E

Physical characteristics

Materials: Printed on paper

Dimensions: 457 x 625mm, on sheet 484 x 643mm

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Map

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Map Collections

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/X/3828/35

Former external reference(s)

V II 13

History of this record

Date(s)

1869 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

QeshmClarence StraitPersian GulfBasiduh

People & organisations

Charles Golding ConstableArthur William StiffeGeorge Edward BrucksStafford Bettesworth HainesEdward Stanford

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